Double-Under Passes

12/26 - Downtown

BJJ felt much better today. I was back to my calm, zen-like self.

We worked double-under passes.

Set-up: You have a double-under grip on your opponent. Hands are gable-gripped together, elbows in tight (not flared out), down low on their hips and you've pulled them onto your lap.

1. Sprawl legs back as you push forward into them, feed their R lapel in your R hand, push down and out on their R leg with your fingers on the outside (making life very uncomfortable for them). Take two good sized steps to the R (rotate lower body mostly), take their L knee to their head and turn your head to let it pass.

2. Let go of your gable-grip and grip their lapels at mid-stomach, pull into you, then shrug them over your R shoulder. Maintain the grip on their lapels, although you may want to let some of it feed out as they roll over into a turtle position. Your arms will be somewhat crossed. Slide your R knee alongside their R leg and use your grip on the lapels to pull them back into you for back mount. Work hooks in.

3. Same as #2, but if they swing back across to re-guard, duck under and put your chin on their stomach to gain side-control. Maintain grip on lapels to control them from turning away or turning into you.

4. If they defend the double-under by getting an underhook on one of your arms, cup their thigh as they start to work your arm out and shove it under you as your bring your knee over theirs into half guard.

Rolled with Blaine and think I legitimately got to side-control. Manny passed my guard a billion times. Jayson was taking it easy on me for the first part of the roll at least. James M. was up from OR and his technique was awesome. He's doing a seminar on Saturday and I'm hoping he can help me with my top pressure. I almost had a reversal on James W. but couldn't quite pull it off. He commented again on how I'm just giving up positions (specifically today on being swept). Really need to work on that.